# Box with Fitted Lid

Arguably, the simplest project of all is one where all features are cut out from a single piece of stock. The earliest wooden boxes were made thus, characterized as a dug out chest, usually with a single compartment. The development of the electric router brought such designs back into vogue.

As with all projects, we begin by defining the parameters of the design and its display:

![Fitted Pencil Box Parameters](/files/-Mb-NqcpcIvrhZHX8T4e)

Then a module for cutting the desired shapes:

![Fitted Pencil Box module for cutting pockets at specified depth and location](/files/-Mb-Q05UUSgSQ3IoTePn)

Then modules for cutting each part:

![Fitted Pencil Box top module](/files/-Mb-Rd9BLKosAmQ4FhS8)

![Fitted Pencil Box bottom module setup](/files/-Mb3S_AdaVU3lwpdm264)

![Fitted Pencil Box bottom module loop](/files/-Mb3SmPTu_RhCS1kWICM)

Creating a file for cutting is simply a matter of capturing each elevation of features:

![](/files/-Mb3Tg3xqWbycxlv3CoD)

Available at:

{% embed url="<https://www.blockscad3d.com/community/projects/1213467>" %}

The project can then be exported to OpenSCAD code and modified to use the customizer:

`Width = 8.25;` \
`Depth = 2.625;` \
`Height = 0.625;` \
`Units = 25.4; // [1:Millimeters, 25.4:Inches]` \
`Number_of_Rows = 2;` \
`Number_of_Columns = 3;` \
`Large_Compartment = "Depth-wise"; // [Width-wise, Depth-wise, None]` \
`Corner_Radius = 0.25;` \
`Lid_Proportion = 40;` \
`Stock_Thickness = 0.5625;` \
`Endmill_Diameter = 0.125;` \
`my_3D_Preview = false;` \
`$fn=80;`

![Fitted Pencil Box in OpenSCAD with customization](/files/-Mb3crr3JEiK1oQxKW-D)

Add the command:

`projection()`

to get a flattened view which may be exported to a DXF or SVG and then imported into Carbide Create:

![Fitted Pencil Box in OpenSCAD projection](/files/-Mb3xFrBf6UrtrHYScE7)

Once imported into Carbide Create it is simply a matter of assigning toolpaths:

![Fitted Pencil Box in Carbide Create](/files/-Mb45QLUOo_uDR30X2Po)

Files are available at: <https://community.carbide3d.com/t/fitted-box-design-generator-underway/13437/29>

### One or more variations

The problem with the generator, is that even the most minor change requires re-creating the toolpaths.

One thing which is persistent as regards toolpaths, but which is easily changed is text, so if one had a box design which had for its dividers a character from a single font, one could change the number of dividers as simply as re-typing a number, and still have the product ready to run.

First step is to make a font which has dividers for numbers, so:

![Design into 3D font for round box dividers](/files/-Mb4OX_JtMngkvEt8UnP)

This font is available at: <https://community.carbide3d.com/t/fitted-box-design-generator-underway/13437/30>

It works when placed in the Carbide 3D font directory (Help | About | Open Data Directory).

Once installed, load the Carbide Create file, select the center divider, then choose the font tool and replace the number with the number of dividers you want:

![Fitted round box with variable dividers](/files/-Mb4RAT1tqsNojTDzJfu)

![Fitted round box with 2 or 7 dividers](/files/-Mb4RJosZ18H7qAIayq0)


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